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<p>AP Photo/Elise Amendola, file In this Oct. 5 photo, an Occupy Boston protester shakes hands with a police officer after a rally in Boston's financial district. In the first two months of the nationwide Occupy Wall Street protests the movement has cost local taxpayers at least $13 million in police overtime and other municipal services, according to a survey conducted by The Associated Press.</p>

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Occupy protests cost big cities at least $13 million
November 24, 2011 8:15 p.m.

Occupy protests cost big cities at least $13 million

NEW YORK (AP) - During the first two months of the nationwide Occupy protests, the movement that is demanding more out of the wealthiest Americans cost local taxpayers at least $13 million in police overtime and other municipal services, according to a survey by The Associated Press.